The 2013 NFL season isn't opening with the traditional Thursday night home game for the Super Bowl champions—the Ravens were knocked out by an Orioles home game and concerns about parking in Baltimore—but John Harbaugh's team will still be part of the season-opening hoopla. The Ravens travel to Denver to play Peyton Manning and the Broncos, largely considered the AFC favorites to reach the Super Bowl.

Other Week 1 highlights include Green Bay at San Francisco in a rematch of a 2012 opener, which the 49ers won 30-22 at Lambeau Field; a Sunday night matchup between the Giants and Cowboys in Arlington; and the Monday nighter between Philadelphia (the first view of Chip Kelly's push-the-pace offense) and Washington (Robert Griffin III's comeback game) at FedExField.